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Shouldn't the election boards be reporting via Ethereum and not news orgs?
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Smart contracts do solve one additional problem: for contracts where performance is measured on purely objective, measurable criteria, execution is swift - there is no scope of disputes hence legal costs are reduced. You also don't need a 3rd party to oversee the execution of contracts, reducing management/transaction costs.
where performance is objectively measurable on the blockchain, if it's in the real world, you introduce trust issues again. How could one trust the measurement was objective in the real world?
For example, in the case of insurance contracts, the oracle can be sensors on the car which can make decisions about who's at-fault and accurately assess damage.
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where performance is objectively measurable on the blockchain, if it's in the real world, you introduce trust issues again. How could one trust the measurement was objective in the real world?
Yes, definitely in the current format, smart contracts don't obviate trust issues. It is proposed that a 3rd party oracle will be used to verify the criteria is met for execution. Oracles can be incentivized to build credibility. For example, in the case of insurance contracts, the oracle can be sensors on the car which can make decisions about who's at-fault and accurately assess damage.
This API is confusing for multiple reasons. The obvious question is why involve a blockchain at all. I don't think there is a coherent answer to that question. The second is why are we asking people to poll for information instead of broadcasting it to them via something like webhooks? It's much easier to notify people of updates rather than have them constantly ask for updates.
Usage: 1.sh [2-letter state abbrev uppercase]
Example: 1.sh PA
cat > 1.sh
#!/bin/sh
x=$(curl https://interactive.guim.co.uk/2020/11/us-general-election-data/prod/last_updated.json|sed -n '/"time":/{s/{"time":"//;s/"}//;p;}')
curl https://interactive.guim.co.uk/2020/11/us-general-election-data/prod/data-out/$x/president_details.json|sed 's/.*\"'"$1"'\"://;s/\"[A-Z][A-Z]\":.*//;s/,/\
/g;s/"candidates":\[//;' ^D